Category: Boys Track

State track, ever the spectacle, kicked off in a big way Thursday
More photos. (Kai Casey/CHSAANow.com)

LAKEWOOD — Schools from all five classifications, everyone from Idalia to Cherry Creek, come together at Jefferson County Stadium each year for the state track and field championships.

The three-day event is a spectacle. From the multi-colored team tents dotting the stands, to the splendid new stadium scoreboard with videos and instant results, to the podium for state placers lined with flowers underneath, the state track meet is one of the premier prep events in Colorado.

Although Thursday was the first of three days, serving as a stage-setter on the track with only two events as championship finals, the 3,200-meter run and the 3,200-meter relay in a few of the divisions, and the rest preliminary rounds to earn spots in finals, the day was not bereft of memorable performances.

Maya Evans, a freshman at Vista PEAK, won prelims in the Class 4A 100-meter dash in 12.00. She also placed third in the 200-meter dash prelims in 25.25. Off the track, Evans won the state championship in the long jump with a 19-9.25, the third-best mark nationally by a freshman in 2015.

“My goal was a 20, but every time I jump I get closer and closer,” Evans said.

“It feels really good,” she added. “I’m new to state and it was a challenge for me, but I believed in myself and I knew I could do it.”

Valor Christian, sporting their white Nike speed suits, blistered a time of 1:26.37 in the boys 800-meter relay. They easily won 4A prelims over Littleton (1:28.81) and Windsor (1:28.85).

A few minutes later, Fountain-Fort Carson — resembling Superman in their red, white, and blue — ran 1:26.99 to win 5A prelims. Pine Creek girls, the defending state champions in the 400- and 800-meter relays, posted 1:38.44 in their preliminary round in 5A, easily outdistancing Cherokee Trail’s 1:41.05. They own the Colorado record of 1:37.05, set in 2014 at the state meet.

The 800-meter relay finals for the big schools could be as entertaining as any event on Friday.

As for those championship finals on Thursday, another team decked in red, white, and blue — Cherry Creek — swept the 5A boys and girls crowns in the 3,200 meter relay. The girls were in a battle with Monarch and ThunderRidge through three legs, but unleashed Jordyn Colter — the No. 1-ranked girl in America in the 800 meters and the mile — on the anchor to cruise a 9:07.54. Monarch (9:15) and ThunderRidge (9:21) finished second and third.

The Bruin boys hovered around fourth place through the first two legs, but picked off the leaders and won in 7:51. Chaparral (7:54), Fountain-Fort Carson (7:55), and Liberty (7:57) all dipped under eight minutes.

In a state with the track and field talent of Colorado, plenty of athletes performed well on the biggest stage. Perhaps none performed better, or at least in more dramatic fashion, than Air Academy’s Katie Rainsberger.

After running away from a stacked 4A field in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 10:49, ahead of Mountain View’s Riley Cooney (10:56), Denver North’s Kayla Young (10:56), and Canon City’s Aubrey Till (10:58), the junior saved enough for something special in the 3,200 relay.

Thompson Valley, a traditional power in the relay, led through three legs and by a sizeable margin. But Air Academy was lurking in the top five.

More photos. (Kai Casey/CHSAANow.com)

The Kadets moved into second with Rainsberger’s anchor leg to go, but the Eagles had Emily Leidig, a state qualifier in the 800-meters, countering. Rainsberger measured Leidig on the first lap and started gaining, but the gap was still several meters.

She eventually caught her with around 200 to go, and brought the baton home in 9:25. Canon City snuck past Thompson Valley for second in 9:31 to TV’s 9:32.

“They stepped up really big today,” Rainsberger, who split 2:10, said of her relay mates. “We were in pretty good position when I got the baton. I knew I just needed to finish as hard as I could and try to get the win.”

Kayla Wiitala, Lilliana Hamilton, and Carly Wilborn were also members of the winning 3,200 relay for Air Academy.

Rainsberger nearly ran down Mountain View on the anchor leg a season ago, but came up just short as the Kadets were the runner-up in 9:17 to the Mountain Lions’ 9:15.

The 4A champion last fall in cross country got her first state of winning on the track after several runner-up finishes individually, as well. She’s the favorite to win the 800 and 1600-meter runs over the weekend.

Events begin again at 8:30 am on Friday morning with the 3A 3,200 meter-run.

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Notables
- Valor Christian’s Haley Showalter, a senior, defended her 4A crown in the discus throw with a mark of 158-5. The future Wisconsin Badger was the runner-up in the event her freshman and sophomore seasons.
- Cherokee Trail’s Amazing Ashby won the 5A triple jump with a 39-4, a nice boost to the Cougars’ title hopes as a team. CT, Fort Collins, and Pine Creek are expected to contend.
- Rampart placed 1st and 2nd in the 5A high jump as Ashlyn Hare (5-6) won the crown and Kiara Kearny (5-6, more attempts) was the runner-up.
- Mountain Range’s Patrick Byerly won the 5A discus throw with an impressive 54-6. He became the first track and field athlete to win a state title in the school’s history.
- Palmer Ridge’s Eric Hamer, the 4A cross country champion last fall, won 4A in the 3,200 meter run in 9:22. He came back soon after to anchor the winning 3,200 relay in 7:57. The Bears’ Caleb Ojennes crushed prelims of the 400-meter dash with a 47.31.
- Bayfield’s Conner Kennedy nearly broke the 3A state meet record in the long jump with a mark of 23-00. Josiah Baker of La Junta holds the all-time best with a 23-1.25, set in 2003.
- Cedaredge broke the 2A state meet record in the girls 800-meter relay with a time of 1:44.76 in prelims. Akron held the previous best of 1:45.29 from 2011.
- Shining Mountain Waldorf’s Ginger Hutton was a mere four seconds off her sister’s 1A 3,200-meter record of 11:49. Ginger ran 11:53 on Thursday, Birdie went 11:49 in 2012. Older sister runs for Princeton, while Ginger, a senior, is a Vanderbilt recruit.
- The Chaparral boys, who were 2nd Thursday, have placed either 1st or 2nd in the 5A 3,200 relay six times since 2007.
- Paul Roberts of Lyons, a junior, won the 2A 3,200 meter crown in 9:38. The title was Roberts’ fourth on the track and seventh overall as an individual, including cross country. He also anchored the winning 3,200 meter relay Thursday.
May 14, 2015
Photos: State track and field first day
LAKEWOOD — The 2015 state track and field meet got underway on Thursday.
- Complete results
- Recap
May 14, 2015
State track and field: Boys and girls heat sheets

This season’s boys and girls state track and field meet runs May 14-16 at Jefferson County Stadium. Find heat sheets for the events below.

These were updated on May 12, and are now final.

Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A

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Class 5A

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May 11, 2015
Distance runners steal the show at track’s prestigious Liberty Bell meet

Smoky Hill’s Blake Yount wins the boys 800-meter run. (Brock Laue/CHSAANow.com)

LITTLETON — Colorado has a long-standing tradition of producing excellent girls distance runners.

But the recent group of transcendent stars, equally capable in cross country and track, make a case as the greatest high schoolers to ever run on Colorado soil.

Just look at the past three weekends.

On April 10 at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational in California, Fort Collins sophomore phenom Lauren Gregory ran a 4:48 in the mile, good for fourth place in the race and sixth place in the country. But Gregory was only third among competitors from her own state. Cherry Creek senior Jordyn Colter won in a national-best 4:45, while Air Academy junior Katie Rainsberger placed third in the race in the fourth best time in America, 4:47.

If that’s not enough to impress you, consider Colter broke the Colorado record in the 800-meter run with a 2:05.48 at the Stutler Bowl Twilight Invite on Friday, smashing Tara Mendozza’s 2:07.53, set in 1999. Colter is now number one in the country in the 800, as well.

The Liberty Bell Invitational, hosted by Heritage High School at Littleton Public School Stadium on Friday and Saturday, followed suit with some eye-popping times.

Gregory, already a three-time individual state champion in cross country and track, came within shouting distance of setting a Colorado record in the 3,200 on Friday with a ridiculous time of 10:25. Her winning margin was 39 seconds over Denver North’s Kayla Young (11:04) and Legacy’s Emma Gee (11:06), standout runners in their own right.

The all-time best is 10:17, set by Niwot’s Elise Cranny at the 4A state championships a year ago. Cranny recently broke the American junior record in the indoor 3,000 meters as a freshman at Stanford, so it’s fair to say Gregory is in good company. The sophomore broke the Fort Collins’ school record and the meet record and now boasts the best time on Colorado soil this spring by 28 seconds over Rainsberger.

Air Academy’s Katie Rainsberger. (Brock Laue/CHSAANow.com)

Not to be outdone, though, Rainsberger cruised to a comfortable victory in the 1,600-meter run on Saturday with a 4:56. She was a mere four seconds off the meet record and won by 16 seconds over Fort Collins’ Devynn Miller.

Count Rainsberger as one of those who embraces the competition.

“I think it’s always awesome when Colorado girls go out and represent,” she said. “It’s kind of a pride thing.”

That being said, Rainsberger shies away from comparisons between her, Gregory, and Colter — the elite trio.

“I think it’s hard to compare yourself to someone, because you are all at different points, but I definitely look up to them,” she added. “I aspire to run 2:05 or 10:25. I don’t necessarily compare myself to them, but I admire them. We’re all really good friends too.”

The girls distance events at Liberty Bell were exceptional all around as 25 young ladies broke 12 minutes in the 3,200 and Fort Collins’ Becca Schulte won a stacked 800 in 2:14. Shining Mountain’s Ginger Hutton, a 1A competitor, ran an 11:28 in the 3,200 Friday and came back to get second place in the two-lapper in 2:15.

On the boys side of things, SkyView Academy’s Ben Butler handled a worthy 3,200 field with a time of 9:23. The 3A runner ranks second for all classifications in the event.

Regis Jesuit’s Javan Lanier ran the second quickest time in all classifications himself in the 100 meter dash in 10.73. Four others broke 11 seconds.

Pine Creek’s Dionne Taylor won the high jump with a mark of 6-8. Trevor Rex of Highlands Ranch also went 6-8, but in more attempts.

Castle View’s Mackenzie Pettit broke the meet record in the girl high jump, clearing 5-7.

Gateway’s Mike Ware (48.25) and Lakewood sophomore Brock Miller (48.99) impressed in the 400 meter dash.

Fountain-Fort Carson boys, speaking to their dominance in 2015, won the 4×100-meter relay in a time of 41.64 — a new best mark in the state — the 4×200 relay in 1:27.99, the 4×400 relay in 3:26, and the 4×800 relay in 7:59. Entering the weekend, the Trojans were ranked No. 1 in 5A in all four relays.

They are the heavy favorites to defend their team crown.

Fountain-Fort Carson’s Dylan Day. (Brock Laue/CHSAANow.com)

Dylan Day, a future Ole Miss Rebel and one of the cogs in the Trojan machine, placed third in the 3,200 (9:40), second in the 1,600 (4:23), and ran a leg on that winning 4×800. The senior says one of Fountain-Fort Carson’s goals is to dominate the relays at Jeffco Stadium.

“I don’t know if it’s ever happened before, but we would like to win all four relays at state,” Day said. “That would be one of the best ways to end my senior year.”

Smoky Hill senior Blake Yount, a 1:51.63 runner in the 800 a season ago — the state record — crushed the field Saturday with a 1:52.61. That’s the new No. 1 in 5A in 2015 and should give him the top seed at the state meet.

Fort Collins girls pushed past fellow 5A title favorites Pine Creek to win the Liberty Bell Invite as a team. Fountain-Fort Carson, as expected, were the boys champions.

April 26, 2015
Vista Peak’s Evans shines at Mullen Runners Roost

(Brock Laue/CHSAANow.com)

DENVER — The Mullen Runners Roost Invitational has long been deemed one of Colorado’s finest track meets.

So when an athlete wins two events and places second in another, it’s noteworthy. But when that competitor is only a freshman, brand new to the high school track world, it’s rather remarkable.

Maya Evans, a sprinter and jumper for the Vista Peak Bison, a Class 4A school in Aurora, displayed her extreme talents Saturday with victories in the 100-meter dash (12.26), long jump (18-3.75), and a runner-up finish in the 200-meter dash.

Vista Peak’s Maya Evans. (Brock Laue/CHSAANow.com)

Maybe more remarkable is that Evans’ long jump mark wasn’t even a personal best. She went 19-3.5 at the Runners Roost of Fort Collins meet on March 21, currently the fourth best mark of any freshman in America during the outdoor track season.

Evans also leaped a ridiculous 19-4.25 in an indoor meet in January. Only three other Colorado girls — in any classification — have cleared 18-0 this season and Evans is the only one in the 19’s.

The freshman placed first at Mullen by a wide margin over Thompson Valley’s Ali Artzberger (16-8.50). The Vista Peak superstar also had a personal best in the 100, quite a day for a girl who just got her feet wet to high school track.

Evans’ jumps coach, Myka Greene, wasn’t the least bit surprised by her performance, though.

“I know there are a lot of people who want an athlete like her,” Greene said. “She’s really a great athlete and a real coachable one.

“I’m pretty confident that she can jump 20s at state,” Greene added. “In the 100, I believe she can run 12.00. In the 200, I believe she can get to at least 24.4. Her training that she’s doing, she’s getting there.”

For now, Evans is focused on the process.

“My goal is to drop my times more and jump further in long jump,” the freshman phenom said.

At an invitational the caliber of Mullen, Evans was certainly not the only one to impress.

Mountain View’s Riley Cooney, a senior and University of Kansas signee, won a distance double with the 1,600 and 800 crowns over stacked fields.

In her first event, the 1,600, Cooney tamed the field with a wire-to-wire victory in a time of 5:02.

In the 800, another win was far from a done deal as Thompson Valley’s Emily Leidig, a cross-town rival of Cooney’s in Loveland, broke off for a large lead on the second lap. Cooney, who was in second place, appeared out of contention with 100 meters left. But the senior had a furious finish to catch Leidig with five meters remaining, winning in 2:14 as Leidig ran 2:15.

“I thought maybe I had a shot at it, but it was a pretty big gap. I tried and I guess I got it,” Cooney said with a smile.

Isaac Green of Monarch. (Brock Laue/CHSAANow.com)

“I haven’t had a super awesome meet here in the past, so I just wanted to have my last one be a good one,” she added. “I hadn’t run an 800 that was I satisfied with this season. I needed that race today.

“In the mile, I just wanted to get out and take control and run my race. I’m happy with it.”

Monarch super sophomore Isaac Green, one of the best freshman distance runners in the nation a season ago, claimed a thrilling come-from-behind 1,600 meter race over Chaparral’s Dominic Compoz, who led throughout.

Regis Jesuit’s Javan Lanier won both the 100 and 200-meter dashes.

April 12, 2015
Inspired by family history, Lyons’ Roberts making his own name for himself

Lyons’ Paul Roberts. (Alan Versaw/Colorado Track XC)

Paul Roberts, before he ever sported the blue and black singlet of Lyons, had ambitions for cross country and track.

“In seventh or eighth grade my dad told me that no one had ever won four state championships in cross country,” Roberts said. “That’s when I made the goal to win four. I think another goal on my mind was to try and win four team championships.”

Check and check, as Roberts has earned three titles individually and three titles with his teammates in three seasons in Class 2A cross country. He’s well on his way.

On the national level, the junior ran 14:57 for 5k at the Nike Cross Country Southwest Regional Championships last November, good for fifth place, before earning 18th at the Nike National Meet in Portland, Oregon.

On Feb. 7 in Boulder, Roberts toed the line with many of the nation’s premier prep runners, to go along with college freshman, for an under-20 Junior Men’s USA Cross Country Championship race. The top six placers in the race would earn bids to the Worlds XC Championships in China.

Four with Colorado roots, Oklahoma State’s Cerake Geberkidane (Denver East), Palmer Ridge’s Eric Hamer, Colorado’s Paul Miller (Poudre), and Roberts placed second, fourth, fifth, and sixth respectively to get the right to represent Team USA at Worlds.

For all of Roberts’ achievements in cross, he excelled on the track as a sophomore, but didn’t quite reach the lofty standards he set for himself in each event.

After a spectacular freshman debut in the 3,200 meters with a time of 9:31 at the Broomfield Shootout, a race he won over many of 5A’s best including Liberty’s Clayson Shumway, Mountain Vista’s Andrew Walton, and Pine Creek’s Zachary Alhamra, Roberts has only bested the 9:31 once with a 9:27.58 at the Longmont Invitational last spring.

“I think the 3,200, even the last two years, he’s probably had a better race in him than he had times for at the end of the year,” said Mark Roberts, Paul’s father and the Lyons’ head coach of cross country and track. “I think breaking 9:20 is obviously well within his reach this year. Can he go 9:15? Can he get down to around 9:10 this year?”

Roberts, whose personal best in the 1,600 meters is 4:20, has earned 2A gold medals in the 1,600 twice and the 3,200 once. He placed second in the 3,200 his freshman year, getting inched out by junior teammate Marcel Such.

Roberts helped Lyons claim the boys team title two years ago. They were the runner-up to Lutheran in 2014.

The results speak for themselves, but how did a small-school runner from a town nestled in the foothills outside of Boulder become so fast in the first place?

Roberts grew up in one of the more well-known running families in Colorado.

Older brother Andrew, a 2009 Lyons grad, won a cross country state title and two 3,200 state titles. His 1,600 (4:22) and 3,200 (9:27.62) school records were taken down last spring by Paul.

Sisters Melissa (2011 grad), several times all-state, and Miriam (2014 grad), a multiple state champion herself, joined Andrew in inspiring Paul to take up the sport. It started with Paul tagging along on runs in a park in Lyons with his older siblings and joining his dad on trips to meets.

“Ever since I can remember, I would go with him to the track meets and I would be the paper boy and get the paper from the finish line and run it up to the press box,” Roberts said. “I would also watch all my brothers and sisters and I probably got more nervous for the races than they did. That kind of inspired me.”

In 2A, Roberts-led Lyons expects to contend for the team title, while defending champion Lutheran has moved up to 3A. Rye, and a few others, could also contend in 2A.

Heritage Christian inched past Vail Christian by five points for the 1A crown in 2014. Both teams might be at the front of the pack.

In 3A, traditional powerhouse The Classical Academy has moved up to 4A, but last year’s runner-up in Coal Ridge should be very strong.

Palmer Ridge, after a dominant 103 points to beat second-place Valor Christian by 37 last year, returns sprint stalwart Caleb Ojennes and distance star Eric Hamer for another run at the 4A championship. They have an extremely strong program. Valor should also be very good.

Fountain-Fort Carson, which snuck past Grandview by two points and Cherokee Trail by six to claim its 16th state championship in boys track last year, is expected to contend. Grandview figures as the biggest challenger.

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Boys track and field preview

Class 5A

Season begins: March 6

State meet: May 14-16, Jeffco Stadium

Returning all-state athletes: Andrew Barlow, senior, Monarch, pole vault; Olabisi Johnson, senior, Bear Creek, 110 hurdles; Max McDonald, senior, Rocky Mountain, shot put, discus; Ben Morgan, senior, Highlands Ranch, long jump.

Class 4A

Season begins: March 6

State meet: May 14-16, Jeffco Stadium

Returning all-state athletes: Trenton Stringari, senior, Canon City, 300 hurdles.

Class 3A

Season begins: March 6

State meet: May 14-16, Jeffco Stadium

Returning all-state athletes: Robert Delfeld, senior, St. Mary’s, 800 meters; Nick Deray, senior, The Classical Academy, 200 meters, 400 meters; Jayce Hall, junior, The Classical Academy, long jump; Miguel Molas, senior, James Irwin, 100 meters; Austin Williams, senior, Cedaredge, shot put; Ryan Younggreen, senior, Holy Family, 110 hurdles, Chris Youngs, junior, Lutheran, 100 meters, 200 meters.

Class 2A

Season begins: March 6

State meet: May 14-16, Jeffco Stadium

Returning all-state athletes: Nico Forcatto, senior, Liberty Common, 400 meters; Brandon Hinkle, junior, Yuma, pole vault; Garrett Quintana, junior, John Mall, discus; Paul Roberts, junior, Lyons, 1600 meters, 3200 meters.

Class 1A

Season begins: March 6

State meet: May 14-16, Jeffco Stadium

Returning all-state athletes: Nick Boyne, junior, Vail Christian, pole vault; Kyle English, senior, Stratton, long jump, triple jump; Bryce Grahn, sophomore, South Baca, 3200 meters; Koy Palmer, senior, Granada, 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles.

March 3, 2015
Prohibition of jewelry lifted in track and field

INDIANAPOLIS — Effective with the 2015 high school track and field season, the prohibition of jewelry will be eliminated. This was one of several rules changes recommended by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Track and Field Rules Committee at its June 16-18 meeting in Indianapolis. The committee’s recommendations were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.

Becky Oakes, NFHS director of sports and liaison to the Track and Field Rules Committee, said the committee determined that prohibiting jewelry in high school track and field and cross country is not necessary.

“The wearing of jewelry ordinarily presents little risk of injury to either the competitor or opponents,” Oakes said. “Elimination of the rule allows officials to focus on meet administration directly related to actual competition. Coaches continue to have the obligation to see that competitors are properly equipped.”

In other changes, language regarding the time limit to initiate a trial in the throwing and jumping events was revised. Previously, competitors in these events had to initiate a trial and carry it to completion within one minute. Beginning next year, participants must only initiate the trial within the one-minute time limit. Completion of the event will be allowed beyond the prescribed time.

Another change was made in field events involving implements. In events such as the shot put, discus, javelin and pole vault, an additional trial will be allowed when an implement breaks – and thus becomes illegal – during competition due to no fault of the competitor.

The revised note in Rules 6-2-17 and 7-2-17 reads as follows: “If a legal implement breaks during an attempt in accordance with the rules, no penalty shall be counted against the competitor and a replacement trial shall be awarded. If the implement breaks upon completion of the trial, a replacement attempt shall not be awarded and the results of the trial shall be recorded, provided it was made in accordance with the rules.”

In the discus throw, it no longer will be a foul if a competitor is out of control when exiting the back half of the circle. Also, in the discus, shot put and javelin, the requirement for the judge to call “mark” was eliminated.

Another change involves the high jump and pole vault events. A new article in Rule 7-2 will state that “a crossbar displaced by a force disassociated with the competitor after he/she is legally and clearly over the crossbar shall not be a fault and is considered a successful attempt.”

In Rule 8 involving special events, the committee approved the 1,500-meter run as an alternate for the 1,600-meter run in the decathlon and pentathlon. Oakes said when using the IAAF standard scoring, the 1,500-meter run is the standard distance. In addition, the indoor weight throw was approved for the listing of special events.

The final change involves Rule 1-4 on indoor track. Since many indoor meets are held in college facilities, the committee approved the 60-meter high hurdles and dash as alternates for the 55-meter high hurdles and dash. Oakes said this option eliminates special marking of the facilities for the hurdles and dash.

Track and field is the second-most popular sport for boys with 580,672 participants in 16,001 schools and is the No. 1 sport for girls with 472,939 participants in 15,962 schools during the 2012-13 season, according to the NFHS Athletics Participation Survey.

July 14, 2014

All-state boys track & field teams for 2014 season

The 2014 all-state boys track and field teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These teams were created based upon results at the state meet.

Scroll down to see the teams, or use the menu below to navigate to the class of your choosing.

Go to: 5A | 4A | 3A | 2A | 1A

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Class 5A

First Team
Name	Year	School	Event(s)
Andrew Barlow	Junior	Monarch	Pole vault
Cerake Geberkidane	Senior	Denver East	800 meters, 1600 meters, 3200 meters
Olabisi Johnson	Junior	Bear Creek	110 hurdles
Spencer Long	Senior	Poudre	300 hurdles
Max McDonald	Junior	Rocky Mountain	Shot put, Discus
Ben Morgan	Junior	Highlands Ranch	Long jump
Tyler Russell	Senior	Fossil Ridge	High jump
Brandon Singleton	Senior	Cherokee Trail	200 meters, 400 meters
Trey Smith	Senior	Douglas County	100 meters
Connor Turnage	Senior	Highlands Ranch	Triple jump

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Class 4A

First Team
Name	Year	School	Event(s)
Micheal DeCarmo	Senior	Sand Creek	Long jump
Kyree Gerstle-Goodman	Senior	Widefield	110 hurdles
Peter Greco	Senior	Wheat Ridge	Triple jump
Kevin McClanahan	Senior	Erie	100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters
Nicholas Meihaus	Senior	Pueblo South	High jump, Pole vault
Liam Meirow	Senior	Summit	1600 meters
Zac Petrie	Senior	Valor Christian	800 meters
Bailey Roth	Senior	Coronado	3200 meters
Jackson Spalding	Senior	Discovery Canyon	Shot put, Discus
Trenton Stringari	Junior	Canon City	300 hurdles

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Class 3A

First Team
Name	Year	School	Event(s)
Chris Baker	Senior	Frontier Academy	1600 meters
Austin Baumeister	Senior	Frontier Academy	Triple jump
Andy Bowles	Senior	Coal Ridge	High jump
Robert Delfeld	Junior	St. Mary’s	800 meters
Nick Deray	Junior	The Classical Academy	200 meters, 400 meters
Jayce Hall	Sophomore	The Classical Academy	Long jump
David Jones	Senior	Eaton	Pole vault
Miguel Molas	Junior	James Irwin	100 meters
Nick Paradiso	Senior	Trinidad	Discus
Jonathan Roy	Senior	The Classical Academy	300 hurdles
Conner Wilburn	Senior	The Classical Academy	3200 meters
Austin Williams	Junior	Cedaredge	Shot put
Ryan Younggreen	Junior	Holy Family	110 hurdles

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Class 2A

First Team
Name	Year	School	Event(s)
Samuel Ambler	Senior	Rye	800 meters, Triple jump
Jerod Berg	Senior	Swink	Shot put
Chris Carpenter	Senior	South Park	Long jump
Chris Epps	Senior	Peyton	High jump
Nico Forcatto	Junior	Liberty Common	400 meters
Brandon Hinkle	Sophomore	Yuma	Pole vault
Colin Munster	Senior	Haxtun	110 hurdles
Garrett Quintana	Sophomore	John Mall	Discus
Paul Roberts	Sophomore	Lyons	1600 meters, 3200 meters
Cole Watson	Senior	Resurrection Christian	300 hurdles
Chris Youngs	Sophomore	Lutheran	100 meters, 200 meters

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Class 1A

First Team
Name	Year	School	Event(s)
Nick Boyne	Sophomore	Vail Christian	Pole vault
Caleb Brown	Senior	Elbert	Discus
Ryan Dollerschell	Senior	Prairie	1600 meters
Kyle English	Junior	Stratton	Long jump, Triple jump
Bryce Grahn	Freshman	South Baca	3200 meters
Avery Marzolf	Senior	Hi-Plains	Shot put
Lance Munoz	Senior	Creede	High jump
Koy Palmer	Junior	Granada	110 hurdles, 300 hurdles
Clay Russell	Senior	North Park	100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters

June 4, 2014

Lutheran’s boys own sprint finals at 2A track meet

Lutheran won the 2A boys track and field championship. (Whitney Webermeier/CHSAANow.com)

LAKEWOOD — Maybe it’s something in the water flowing out of the drinking fountains at Lutheran High School.

“It’s holy water,” Darian Perez said with a laugh after Saturday’s final of the Class 2A boys 100-meter dash at the Colorado State Track and Field Championships.

No less than four Lutheran sprinters competed in the finals of the 100 and five in the 200. The Lions had half the field lining up at the start line for the finals in the two events.

Perez’s teammate, Chris Youngs, won the race with Lutheran’s Kent Harris third and Perez fifth. Also competing in the 100 final was Lutheran’s Josh Clausen, who made the podium in ninth place.

They were joined a couple of hours later in the 200 final by teammate Ryan Lee.

Youngs pulled off the double in the afternoon, winning the 200 by nearly two-tenths of a second in 22.42. In both races, Youngs finished just ahead of Meeker sophomore T.J. Shelton, who won last year’s 100-meter title. Harris again placed third.

At the start of the season, Youngs didn’t realize what a special group he was working out with.

“It really is (a surprise) that we’re all good enough to get into the finals,” said Youngs, a sophomore.

Then again, said Perez, “In practice we’re pretty much competing with ourselves.”

Perez went on to finish fifth in the 400 and seventh in the 200.

Lutheran’s sprint coach, Darwin Horan, said it’s been an easy group to coach.

Four of his senior runners competed in the finals in last year’s state 4-by-400-meter relay, where they were seeded first. They finished second to Lyons.

“They were so mad,” Horan said. “They got everybody together (for off-season workouts).”

That set the tone for their preseason workouts. The seniors also set the bar for the rest of the group.

Horan claims he doesn’t have to coach them up much.

“They’re hard workers,” he said.

Youngs and Harris both run club track in the summer have different coaches.

“We work with their club coaches,” Horan said.

Whatever the collective group is doing, it’s obviously working wonders.

The Lions capped off the day by winning the 4-by-400-meter relay in a meet-record time of 3:23.30 to capture the 2A boys team title with 80 points, outdistancing second-place Lyons by 11½ points.

Cherokee Trail and Grandview were tied with 70 points heading into the final event of the 5A boys meet, with Fountain-Fort Carson a close third at 68.

Fountain-Fort Carson won the 5A boys 4-by-400 title. That gave the Trojans the team victory by two slim points over Grandview.

Fort Collins won the 5A girls title by four points over Pine Creek.

The Palmer Ridge boys and Niwot girls took the 4A team titles, with Niwot winning the 4-by-400 over Thompson Valley to decide the team title between the two.

The Classical Academy swept the 3A titles, winning the boys by 13 points over Coal Ridge and the girls by 28½ over Eaton.

Paonia took the 2A girls title for the second straight year, defeating its North Fork rival and training partner, Hotchkiss, by 16 points.

Heritage Christian won by five points over Vail Christian for the 1A boys title and finished second in the girls team race to Shining Mountain Waldorf.

Heritage Christian won the 1A boys track championship. (Whitney Webermeier/CHSAANow.com)

The Classical Academy won the 3A boys track championship. (Whitney Webermeier/CHSAANow.com)

Palmer Ridge won 4A boys track’s championship. (Whitney Webermeier/CHSAANow.com)

Fountain-Fort Carson won the 5A boys track championship. (Whitney Webermeier/CHSAANow.com)

May 18, 2014
State track and field: Day 2 heat sheets for boys and girls

LAKEWOOD — Heat sheets for the second day of the boys and girls track and field meets are below. Find Day 1 results, as well as live Day 2 results, on this page.

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May 16, 2014